Month: December 2015 Posts

Scarcity of maize hits Likoma Island

Dec 20, 2015 Thula Chisamba 54 &

As 2.8 million Malawians are expected to face hunger in the country due to the heavy rains experienced early this year which washed away most people's crops, scarcity of maize has hit Agriculture Development and Marketing… ...

Mutharika succumbs to US pressure

Dec 19, 2015 Aubrey Makina 322 &

...forgives two gay men Malawi24 has been duly informed that on instructions from President Peter Mutharika, Malawi government has decided to drop all the charges against two men who were arrested in Lilongwe for having… ...

Mzuni students brands Mzuzu city firefighters “stupid”

Dec 19, 2015 Thula Chisamba 63 &

..as over 40, 000 books get damaged Some angry students studying at Mzuzu University have branded Mzuzu city firefighters as stupid after they failed to extinguish the fire that destroyed the university’s library in the… ...

Man handed 3-year jail term for operating illegal clinic

Dec 19, 2015 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 0 &

The Mulunguzi senior magistrate court in Zomba has sentenced 56 year-old Malawian Samuel Mukhwiri for illegal possession of medical drugs and for operating a private clinic without a licence. The accused was caught on 8… ...

Spanish lady wins Miss world pageant as Malawi continues to miss out

Dec 19, 2015 Lyonike Mughogho 31 &

Mireia Lalaguna Royo, a 23-year-old professional model from Barcelona, wins the beauty pageant in Sanya, China. Miss England failed to make the top 20. Miss Spain won the famous beauty pagent, and England didn't even… ...

People in Chiradzulu urged to help reduce HIV

Dec 19, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 95 &

Malawians in Chiradzulu district have been asked to desist from conducts that can contribute to the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic so that the district should develop. The call was made on Wednesday during the commemoration… ...

Police hunting for teenage rapist in Nkhatabay

Dec 19, 2015 Thula Chisamba 117 &

Malawi Police in the northern region district of Nkhatabay have launched a manhunt for 17 year-old Humphrey Mathumba who is suspected to have forced himself on a three year-old girl. Police publicist for the district,… ...